Numbers 20:3

And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying: 'Would that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD!

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

In Context

2And there was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

4And why have ye brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, to die there, we and our cattle?

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Cross References

Exodus 17:2Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said: 'Give us water that we may drink.' And Moses said unto them: 'Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye try the LORD?'

Numbers 11:33While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

Numbers 14:36And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who, when they returned, made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

Numbers 16:31And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them.

Job 3:10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:2-14

The Death of Miriam; The Water of Meribah; Moses and Aaron Reproved. ( b. c. 1453.) 1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord ! 4 And why… Read the whole commentary →

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